cockle-bur

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Noun cockle-bur has 2 senses

cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
--₁ is a kind of weed
--₁ is a member of Xanthium, genus Xanthium
great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur, Arctium lappa - burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use
--₂ is a kind of burdock, clotbur

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